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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race number 31 of 36
Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:47:52 Average speed: 131.677 mph Pole speed: 190.544 mph	Cautions: 11 for 47 laps Margin of victory: .210 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 30
Green flag passes: 13,961 (99.0 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup results / 2017 standings

Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

Driver	Start	Mid Race	Finish	High Pos.	Low Pos.	Avg. Pos.	Pass Diff.	Green Flag Passes	Green Flag Times Passed	Quality Passes	Pct. Quality Passes	Fastest Lap	Top 15 Laps	Pct. Top 15 Laps	Laps Led	Pct. Laps Led	Total Laps	DRIVER RATING

Loop data for this race:
Brad Keselowski	6	6	1	1	34	11	6	397	391	230	57.9	4	135	71.8	7	3.7	188	95.2
Ryan Newman	27	31	2	1	38	26	15	264	249	42	15.9	4	35	18.6	3	1.6	188	62.1
Trevor Bayne	10	8	3	1	35	14	29	541	512	316	58.4	3	121	64.4	0	0.0	188	85.0
Joey Logano	3	14	4	1	32	10	-5	302	307	170	56.3	6	136	72.3	59	31.4	188	102.8
Aric Almirola	26	26	5	3	40	24	-30	405	435	114	28.2	2	38	20.2	0	0.0	188	62.4
Denny Hamlin	15	10	6	1	32	11	-18	482	500	303	62.9	2	150	79.8	4	2.1	188	87.3
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1	11	7	1	31	12	9	423	414	221	52.3	2	124	66.0	7	3.7	188	92.1
Kasey Kahne	11	24	8	1	33	16	-25	480	505	195	40.6	3	95	50.5	5	2.7	188	79.5
Gray Gaulding	39	25	9	7	39	24	-10	356	366	37	10.4	8	27	14.4	0	0.0	188	61.2
David Ragan	33	27	10	2	36	21	-10	387	397	56	14.5	5	45	23.9	0	0.0	188	70.8
Ty Dillon	25	13	11	2	33	17	-15	519	534	177	34.1	6	75	39.9	0	0.0	188	74.8
Paul Menard	20	28	12	3	35	20	13	439	426	61	13.9	7	64	34.0	0	0.0	188	70.4
Kyle Larson	12	18	13	1	35	14	-6	424	430	243	57.3	4	121	64.4	0	0.0	188	76.0
Matt Kenseth	19	12	14	1	28	13	22	464	442	243	52.4	2	108	57.5	7	3.7	187	81.5
Daniel Suarez	14	17	15	1	27	12	-10	458	468	245	53.5	2	123	65.4	11	6.0	184	78.0
Chase Elliott	2	3	16	1	35	8	27	389	362	281	72.2	3	165	87.8	26	14.3	182	99.6
Chris Buescher	28	33	17	3	34	26	7	253	246	29	11.5	2	27	14.4	0	0.0	182	52.4
Ryan Blaney	9	1	18	1	36	9	7	229	222	148	64.6	1	143	76.1	27	15.3	177	98.3
Brendan Gaughan	35	23	19	1	36	21	-18	376	394	104	27.7	4	44	23.4	6	3.4	177	69.3
Kevin Harvick	22	21	20	3	37	19	-12	503	515	194	38.6	3	64	34.0	0	0.0	176	68.8
Danica Patrick	13	22	21	5	39	20	-53	507	560	128	25.3	3	41	21.8	0	0.0	175	68.6
A.J. Allmendinger	24	34	22	1	35	28	12	227	215	8	3.5	2	15	8.0	1	0.6	172	53.5
Martin Truex Jr	21	5	23	2	30	13	4	431	427	297	68.9	3	136	72.3	0	0.0	171	94.3
Jimmie Johnson	8	16	24	2	33	12	32	465	433	319	68.6	1	133	70.7	0	0.0	171	99.8
Kurt Busch	4	9	25	1	39	15	50	387	337	222	57.4	7	121	64.4	3	1.8	171	88.4
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	5	2	26	1	35	13	-18	413	431	276	66.8	2	126	67.0	6	3.5	171	83.4
Kyle Busch	16	20	27	1	27	13	-2	531	533	314	59.1	1	131	69.7	4	2.3	171	81.6
Landon Cassill	30	30	28	4	34	22	-4	359	363	104	29.0	2	38	20.2	0	0.0	171	65.5
Austin Dillon	18	32	29	1	39	23	-15	402	417	76	18.9	7	29	15.4	0	0.0	171	65.0
Michael McDowell	29	7	30	2	34	19	32	509	477	207	40.7	9	62	33.0	0	0.0	171	72.8
Matt DiBenedetto	32	29	31	1	34	22	4	308	304	32	10.4	3	34	18.1	12	7.0	171	61.7
Joey Gase	37	19	32	9	39	28	-29	282	311	8	2.8	1	5	2.7	0	0.0	164	47.5
D.J. Kennington	40	35	33	2	40	32	-23	119	142	3	2.5	5	4	2.1	0	0.0	164	39.9
Cole Whitt	38	15	34	13	38	27	-11	314	325	9	2.9	4	3	1.6	0	0.0	155	51.6
Clint Bowyer	7	4	35	2	35	20	2	325	323	137	42.2	7	77	41.0	0	0.0	155	67.4
Erik Jones	23	36	36	7	31	31	9	107	98	28	26.2	0	12	6.4	0	0.0	26	34.7
Jamie McMurray	17	37	37	4	25	32	4	109	105	49	45.0	0	13	6.9	0	0.0	25	37.2
Jeffrey Earnhardt	34	38	38	16	36	35	13	36	23	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	29.5
Mark Thompson	36	39	39	33	40	37	1	16	15	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	23.7
Justin Marks	31	40	40	27	40	37	-10	23	33	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	24.8

Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position.Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers.

Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.